IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

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· Socialist Challenge No. 14, 22 September 1977 · p. 11 of the scan · 865 words

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only British inhas nothing contacted the memher of the THH SHAH DIRND SWID SISEE Ashraf Pahlavi, narrowly escap ød death last week in the Sourh of but she oscaped unhurt. mas. Protely her most ISSDT armed CIA chiens in Schleyer?

MR LiF Amir Eremadian, was injured, Ashral is one of therichest and newspapct individuals in most imporhis paper Her took place in 1953 when she met St Moritz and Ia TAC mH CaDen overtlrew the nationalist Prime one of: the natiowal "HOEE TUC appenl wtimen SanDIS Sions years for SUSHIST Bermu Engelanane's Strauss, Kohl and Co. (Cologne The point is that if a small, poverry-stricken International_ story (which JUL IEUEL US DORDI DIN HUP DU ta he ae Wausoao belleve chat the whoie of Fleer Street, with its nsassive resources ало powork er toregn corres pondents, was able to overlook these few well-known facts aboul And we repcal the question w sked last week If the cational press is propaned to pensor itsell al the bock and call of a foreign government, what does this in dicate about the mountains of information on Britih Government repression, which is sup pressed long before it ever atrives on our breakfast tables.

Minister Mossadesh and resulled in the murder, enecution and imprisonment of thousands of comThe press referred to her es a THASA ABEUEB LEUu was made of the fact chat this same "thin frail lady obce had a DUDHSNEr DurI aI in front of her because he had criticised her decadent lifestyle in role in the UN Human Rights Commission was a big DOIDT In PUEE TLS CHAH last week. But it says a lot more about the irrelevance of this body thao her coocern ahout humas rights. The press didh't mention that she represents a regime with human righes in the world.

As for their descripcion of her as a "feminist campaigner', chis is a massive insult to the interwomen's movement. nssorted beads of who responded to during Internationn!

Women's Year were such impeccable Fentitlsts as Cieneral Pinochet of Chile. and bee appearance at the UN conference on -YeRE SATOYUKCE walk-out by a number of dele SUITCASES The press was keen ro mention ber 'concern" for social wellare in Iran, bur not a word was said DC HAI0 international drug trallickiog. On at loast two peca Ashrat has heen cauglt by customs officials with suircases Hul r nerom. Cu DOLI CECA diekomacie pressure has saved her hunt redi ae néapi Meanwhile •ALDEEBICBUYEUOM shoe in Iran over the last few alleged possesaion of HECO BE OMRCE GOIOUSS The allack is likcly to lead to a wave of indiscriminate repression DaSODISs living in France and possibly elsewhere in Euope ngent in Paris las year.

French authorities deported a and changed tao athers who are sill awailing tria], withour a IE such repression does start again the strengest possible inter national solidarity must be built up to prevent turther victimisa clon of Tranians in France sidered Marwist, he added: understand thie objection, . But It is preferable to say this is a patty that grew out of Marx.

COLOMBIA: Last week's ane das general strike leit 40 dead and many injured after the J0 CLEON01-E SSELUTIL fonges. A dusk-co-dawn curfew was Imposed on the capital and LTEV BALTOIS SESrEnCE CIS DnO pedestrians.

SPAIN: The odicor of El Pais u berst Cail ato he pro secuted for publishing an auticle on contraception which had originaily appeared in the Sunday Times. . It is the first prosocution 1966 The editor, Juan Luis Cebriar could face a two mooth jail sentence, ET OetA Thee uirs, mils tary junla, the Derg, moved against the Meison, a left-wins group which had been palitica Idoologicn!

pruses against opposicioniss. Meisar leaders have been forced to go undergraund to avoid arrest MTH LIESEE SAHARA: Maroccan Mauritanian plaved to journalists by the Polisario, the Saharan bber said that TECE CHIESHLOR their armies were militarily incapable of their Dccunaton Por tl Sahara. They gasc Orlans o.

heavy casualtics persannel and squipment sulfered by the cccupying armies.

AUSTRALIA: The Australian Council of Trade Unians hien.

nial congres has called for a 12 month moratorium and erendum on C UERT HIM TOIRIEI and sales. ACTU president Bob Hawke said; T wish the blood There 1s speculation that te Government may seck a De cember elections ou the twin Isoes of uranium and untion mENE BENCS LERANON: Walid Jumbatl the leftist leader, week cined loros will Die BaaUi party to form a 'nutional The aggrecibent was C THC HUr EHaL LIe SU of the Syrian Banth party.

USSR: Oskar Rabin, the leading unofficial painter, was insr meek jailed for obc and a halt days for vagrancy. He has been esponsible for organising ur officini exhibitions and rebenti nau Ms WOrk CADEIes London, EAST GERMANY: The Minister of Security has echoed the charge of the hend of the Savie br een meri ist oi of Western imperialism.

follous the altempt by the Farine Sandurd to brand d as Eait German agents (see artile). Semetimnes you just can't win.

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